Shaikh Mohammad Bin Saleh Al-Uthaimin is a winner of the 1994 KFIP Prize for Service to Islam. He was born in Unaiza, in Qasim region (Saudi Arabia) in 1929. He memorized the Holy Quran during his childhood, pursued rigorous religious education in hadith, tafseer, fiqh, theology and Arabic language under the tutelage of renowned Saudi Ulema (Islamic scholars) and graduated from the College of Sharia in Riyadh.
